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The Moon on Sunday, January 27, 1985: Waxing Crescent, 35% lit

Waxing · 34.9% lit · ♈︎ Aries 19°

Moon age

6.4days

Moon phase on January 27, 1985Waxing Crescent

Sunday 27 January 1985404,622 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 27, 1985, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 34.9% of its visible face lit, 6.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

34.9%Illumination at noon UTC
6.4 dMoon age
404,622 km251,420 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (20°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 27, 1985 is on Tuesday, February 5, 1985 at 15:19 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 21, 1985 at 02:28 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, January 21, 198502:28
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, January 29, 198503:29

The Moon around January 27

More about this date

Sunday, January 27, 1985 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 21, 1985 to the new moon of February 19, 1985, a cycle of 29.68 days.